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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2009-06 Frank H. Cushing papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2009-06
- Creators:
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Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
- Dates:
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circa 1875-1897
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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5 Itemslinear inches 1 box
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Frank Hamilton Cushing. The collection, which dates from circa 1875-1897, includes a poem, "The sun is sinking to the west," dated June 10, 1875; drafts of a letter sent to Spencer Baird, 1875; a manuscript concerning customs written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper; a Smithsonian official receipt for a "collection of bone implements"; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; autographed copies of the American Journal of Folklore and the Canadian Indian; copies of Cushing's own publications inscribed to various family members; and a manuscript concerning social life and customs, written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper. This manuscript has writing in a different hand on the reverse.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was a noted anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Administration
Custodial History
Donated by Kent Van Allen.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2009-06, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2009-06
General
General
Historian Curtis Hinsley examined the manuscript in September 2009. He believes that Cushing was the author of this work, but it is not written in Cushing's own hand.
Keywords
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Folklore | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Manners and customs | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Poems | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Drafts (documents) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Journals (periodicals) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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